Meerkat Manor - Meerkats' Real Names

Many of the meerkats featured in Meerkat Manor andMeerkat Manor: The Story Begins were played by multiple "actors" or given alias names. These alterations were made to reduce the complexity of the show, allowing viewers to keep track of characters easier. Below is a list of each character from the show and their associated actors and/or real names. Each character is listed under the name of the group they went by on the show (which are not neccessarily their real groups).

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Whiskers

The Whiskers were played by themselves throughout every season on the show. In The Story Begins they were played by themselves, the Commandos and other unknown groups.

First Three Seasons

Flower played by Flower(VWF026), Rocket Dog(VWF060) and Zorilla(VGGF012). In seasons 1, 2 and 3 she mostly acted as herself. She was breifly played by Rocket Dog adopting Axel in the episode Journey's End. That same episode she was breifly played by Zorilla. In The Story Begins, she was portrayed by eight different meerkats. Two of these were Rocket Dog and Zorilla, the rest were unknown.

Zaphod played by Zaphod(VVM032). He played himself for all four seasons of Meerkat Manor, however, he was mostly played by an unknown male in The Story Begins. In the movie Zaphod was portrayed as a Lazuli member.

Yossarian played by Yossarian(VVM033) in seasons 1 and 2. In The Story Begins he was portrayed by Drew and other unknown meerkats. In the movie Youssarian was portrayed as a Lazuli member.

Tosca played by Baddiel(VWF049) in season one. Though she was occasionally played by unknown juveniles throughout various episodes. She was played by an unknown meerkat in the final episode, Moving On.

Sparkle played by Bananas(VWF097) in season 3. She was mentioned in the episode The Tale of Len and Squiggy, babysitting Flower's pups. Her scene of caring for Len and Squiggy was immensely cut in the US version.

Lyric played by Ju Drop(VWF107) in season 3. She was only mentioned in the episode A New Day.

Mitch played by Mitch(VWM074), Logan(VWM073), Arrested Development(VWM069) and Machu Pichu(VWM083). He mostly played himself in the first three seasons, excluding one episode in the third season (Journey's End) where his litter-mate, Logan, took his role. In the first three episodes of season 2, the Mitch seen roving was played by Arrested Development. In season four he was played by Machu Pichu.

McMurphy played by Maladoy(VWM080) in season 1 and 3. In season 3 he was only mentioned once, in the episode A New Day.

Sophie played by Tina Sparkle(VWF076), Finn(VWF091) and Ella(VWF095). The real Sophie died during Yossarian's burrow move. The character was portrayed by Tina Sparkle in season 1, 2 and half of 3. The the remainder of season 3 she was played by Finn. In season 4 she was played by Ella.

The Next Generation

Seacrest [US Version] and Lonestar [UK Version] played by Jogu(VWM081), Flava Flav(VWM070), Burdock(VWF115), Pozzo(VWM065) and Maladoy(VWM0080) in season 4. Pozzo and Maladoy portrayed Seacrest as a rover and sentinel. Jogu acted as Seacrest mating with Nikita(Zorilla). Flava Flav played Seacrest being attacked by the Commandos and Burdock played Seacrest joining the Aztecs.

The Zappa were protrayed by the Young Ones and real Zappa group. The Young Ones played as the Zappa during encounters with the Whiskers. The real Zappa had a territory far away from the Whiskers and were mostly used in the later episodes.

Lola played by Lola(VZZF042) in season 3. However, in the episode (Farewell My Lovely) the female mating with Zaphod was an unknown meerkat.

Frank played by Glufs(VYM102) and Alexander(VVM037) in season 3. Glufs played Frank in the earlier episodes while Alexander acted as Frank later in the season.

Houdini played by Dougal(VZZM025) and Aurinko(VYM122) in season 3. Aurinko was the rover who mated with Flower and other Whiskers females. Dougal acted as the dominant male Houdini later in the season.